“You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into”
It’s not about the truth to them it’s about making the scary unknown go away so they can get on with their lives. Nevermind the fact that their ignorance is causing their own demise and that of everyone else…
It takes an emotional shock, most of the time, to break that kind of deathgrip on a false reality
There’s an axiom I don’t know the provenance of:
“You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into”
It’s not about the truth to them it’s about making the scary unknown go away so they can get on with their lives. Nevermind the fact that their ignorance is causing their own demise and that of everyone else…
It takes an emotional shock, most of the time, to break that kind of deathgrip on a false reality